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reconstructible

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re⋅con⋅struct

  [ree-kuhn-struhkt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to construct again; rebuild; make over.
2. to re-create in the mind from given or available information: to reconstruct the events of the murder.
3. Historical Linguistics. to arrive at (hypothetical earlier forms of words, phonemic systems, etc.) by comparison of data from a later language or group of related languages.
Origin:
1760–70; re- + construct

Related forms:
re⋅con⋅struct⋅i⋅ble, adjective
re⋅con⋅struc⋅tor, re⋅con⋅struct⋅er, noun
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re·con·struct   (rē'kən-strŭkt')   
tr.v.   re·con·struct·ed, re·con·struct·ing, re·con·structs

  1. To construct again; rebuild.

  2. To assemble or build again mentally; re-create: reconstructed the sequence of events from the evidence.

  3. To cause to adopt a new attitude or outlook: a diehard traditionalist who could not be reconstructed.

re'con·struct'i·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

reconstruct 
1768, "to build anew," from re- "back, again" + construct (q.v.). Meaning "to restore (something) mentally" is attested from 1862. Reconstruction is attested from 1791, "action or process of reconstructing. Specific sense in U.S. history (usually with a capital R-) is attested from 1865. It was used earlier during Amer. Civil War in ref. to reconstitution of the union.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·con·struct
Pronunciation: "rE-k&n-'str&kt
Function: transitive verb
: to subject (an organ or part) to surgery so as tore-form the structure of or to correct a defect
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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